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Patented Febg, v1883.

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Patented f'e'b. 6,1883.

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. back may be easily raised and held in place)r HENYB. PLIMPTN, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part `of Letters Patent No. 271,919, datedFebruary 6, 1883. Application tiled September 23, 1882. (No model.)

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY RICHARDSON PLIMPTON, of Boston, in the countyof Suiiolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certhe back isturned up the edge and end of the same appear thi u, and in this respectresemble an ordinary sofa or lounge. lt also projects less from thewall.

`Another object of my invention is to so improve the back-supportingdevice that the and the back-supporting legs properly braced. These andother-minor objects are attained by the mechanism shown iu theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan, showing acrib-drawer as it appears when it is drawn out. Fig. V2 is a rearelevation. Figs. 3, 4, 5 show in detail parts of the spring used forbalancing the weight of' the back. Fig. 6 is a cross-section, showingthe back up in fulllines, and down in dotted lines. Fig. 7 is alongitudinal vertical section, showing one end of my lounge. Fig. 8 isan end elevation of the lounge. Figs. 9, 10, and 11 showin detail thedevices used for supporting the drawer-crib. Fig. 12 is ahorizontalgsection through the upper part of the sofa, taken in thelinez zot' Fig. 13; and Figs. 13 and let are modifications'of theback-supporting devices shown in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the lounge. A', Figs. 1, 2,vand 7, represents the xed head of the lounge; and C, Figs. 1, 2, 7, and8, represents that part of the back which, when the said back is turneddown, is turned up to complete the head of the bed. This part C is heldin place by a ratchet-latch, C', Figs. 2,- 7, and 8. The upper end ofthis ratchet-latch is pivoted at O3, while the lower. or notched endengages with the plate O2,

Figs. 2, 7, and 8.

B B', Figs. 1, 2, 6, and 8, represent the back of the lounge, this backbeing connected to the body of the lounge by the hinges D D', Fig. 1,and heldl in position by the toggle-legs E E E E. f (See Figs. 2, 6, 8.)These toggle-legs are connected to each other by a pivot, e, Fig. 2, theupper end of 4the leg E being pivoted l.to the back of the sofa at c',while the end of the toggle part E is attached to the base of the loungeat c2. (See Figs. 2 and 8.)

In Figs. 2 and 6 I have shown the lounge with the back up, and in Fig. 8I have shown the lounge with the back turned down, the part E acting asa leg for supporting the same.

H H, Fig. 2, are spring-rods, (preferably the well-known torsiondoor-sprin gs, although others may be used,) attachedas shown iu Fig. 2,and so adjusted as to havea tendency to throw the toggle E to a verticalposition, the ett'ect of which would be to turn the back B- B of thelounge upward, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6. These torsion-springs H H alsoserve to keep the toggle device E E in line when the back is turned up,as shown in Fig. 6, so that the same shall act as a tirm brace forsupporting the back. The device for straining up the tor-y sionalsprings H H is shown enlarged in Figs. 4 and 5, in which is representeda housingpiece,vwhich is rmly attached to the ybase A ot the lounge,Fig. 2.

H3 isa notched disk attached to the end of the spring H, and so arrangedin connection with the latch H4 that it may be locked in any desiredposition. A

K, Figs. 2 and 3, is a wrench attached t0 the end of the spring H, andserves to hold the same from turning in the part E. By means of thenotched disk H3 and the wrench K the torsion-springs H H may be broughtto any desired degree of tension to an extent of balancin g the entireweight of the back B B.

Heretofore the backs ot' bed-lounges have been made with the upper andend edges thick, so that these bed-loun ges have always had a heavy andclumsy look, which would distinguish them from an ordinary lounge. Toavoid this defect l have introduced into mybedlounges details ofconstruction which admit of having the exposed edges of the back made asthin as. are the edges of an ordinary lounge, and stand near the Wallwhen in lounge form. Thus when my lounge is used as such there isnothing to indicate that it is a bed-lounge, the upper edge, B', and theend edges, B2v B3, all being made thin, as indicated in Fig. 1, so asIOO to give the ordinary nish and style of a regular lounge, and stillretain all of the advantages ofthe best constructed bed-lounge.

L, Figs. 1 and 6, represents a crib-drawer, which may serve the doublepurpose ot' a receptacle for clothing., and also when drawn ont is achilds bed. This drawer is provided with supporting-slides L'. (SeeFigs. 1 and 9.) These supportingslides lie between the sides of thedrawer and the vertical casin g, and are so arranged that they can slideout ot' the' -Figs. 10 and 11, this latch being so adjusted,

as shown in Fig. 10, that when the drawer is back in its place the latchn is in position to engage with the notch n in the edge ofthe drawer.)Vlien the drawer is` being drawn out the slide L will come out withituutil the slide L has been drawn out so far as to bring the latch a incontact with the pin u2 in the tixed part L2, (see Figs. 9 and 11,) inwhich case the latch n iswithdrawn. This Contact will throw the latch uout of connection with the drawer L, as shown in Fig. 11, and thus allowthe drawer Lto be drawn out to its full extent, as shown in' Fig. 6, inwhich position it is supported by the lugs L3, which rest upon the slideL. l

I claim- A 1. 1n a lounge-bed, the .combination ofthe beveled orthin-edged back B B B2 B3 with the body A, substantially as described,and for the purpose set forth.

1n a lounge-hed, the combination of the springs H H and .toggled legs EE with the base A and back B, operating together substantially asdescribed, andfor the purpose set forth.

3. In a lounge-bed, the combinatioirof the drawer-crib L and thedrawer-slides L L with the Xed guides L2 L2, adapted to support the saidcrib, and the base A, all operating together substantiallyT asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY RICHARDSON PLIMPTON.

Witnesses: n

HELEN M. FEEGAN, N. W. LOWE.

